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Cut the Rope: Time Travel released for Android, iPhone and iPad

Cut the Rope: Time Travel

ZeptoLab, the creators of popular game Cut the Rope has launched the Cut the Rope: Time Travel a new game in the Cut the Rope series. In this game Om Nom stumbles upon a time travel machine and is using it to go back in time and discover his roots, teaming up with his candy-chomping kin along the way. Cut the Rope was first launched in October 2010, Cut the Rope Experiments was launched for iPhone and iPad on August 2011, which was released on Android last March. Continue reading “Cut the Rope: Time Travel released for Android, iPhone and iPad”

Skitch for iPhone and iPad v2.5 update brings PDF Support, Stamps and more

Skitch for iPad v2.5

Evernote has updated the Skitch app for iPhone and iPad to version 2.5 that brings lot of new features including PDF support that lets you add annotations to PDF files. This is a premium feature, but it is available as a free trail for all the users for 30 days. This update also brings option to add stamps to make an visual impression on anything. You can place a stamp on an image to quickly indicate that you like something, hate it, or need a deeper explanation. You can also add text to these stamps. Continue reading “Skitch for iPhone and iPad v2.5 update brings PDF Support, Stamps and more”

Sony Xperia Tablet S Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update starts rolling out

Sony Xperia Tablet S Android 4.1.1

Sony has started rolling out the the Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) update for the Xperia Tablet S. The Xperia Tablet S was announced in August 2012 running Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). Sony confirmed Jelly Bean update for range of 2012 Xperia devices back in October, but it did not include tablets. Sony Xperia T and Xperia V got the Jelly Bean update back in February, and the Xperia J got the update last month. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Tablet S Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update starts rolling out”

Yahoo! Weather launched for iPhone, Yahoo! Mail now available for iPad and Android tablets

Yahoo Weather for iPhone

Yahoo! has launched new apps today. Yahoo! Weather is a new app for iPhone that lets you view weather information and forecasts along with photos that match your location. It also has Interactive radar, satellite, heat, and wind maps. The Yahoo! Mail app has been updated to support iPad and Android tablets. The Yahoo! Mail app for iPhone was launched back in December 2012 along with an update for the Android app. The new tablet support for Mail apps adds new layout, Full screen Reading mode and advanced options for message actions. Continue reading “Yahoo! Weather launched for iPhone, Yahoo! Mail now available for iPad and Android tablets”

Twitter launches Twitter #music app for iPhone

Twitter has launched the Twitter #music service and the iPhone app that offers music from iTunes, Spotify or Rdio. This service uses Twitter activity, including Tweets and engagement, to detect and surface the most popular tracks and emerging artists. You can search for an artist, visit the artist’s page, follow them on twitter, listen to their songs, view artists they follow and also tweet the songs from the app. Continue reading “Twitter launches Twitter #music app for iPhone”

Cut The Rope Experiments now available for Windows Phone

ZeptoLab, the creators of popular game Cut the Rope has finally released the Cut The Rope Experiments for the Windows Phone. Cut The Rope arrived for Windows Phone back in November 2012. . The Cut the Rope Experiments was launched for iPhone and iPad on August 2011 and the game was released on Android last March. This is also available for Windows Phone 8 devices. Continue reading “Cut The Rope Experiments now available for Windows Phone”

LinkedIn for Android and iPhone updated with revamped UI, better personalization and more

LinkedIn has updated the Android and iPhone apps. This brings new features such as revamped user interface, richer stream that offers tailored updates, news, original posts from influencers, deeper personalization options with a new navigation page. This update also bring new languages including Dutch and Norwegian for the iPhone, and Turkish, Dutch and Norwegian for Android. Continue reading “LinkedIn for Android and iPhone updated with revamped UI, better personalization and more”

Outlook app for Android updated with new UI and features

Outlook for Android

Microsoft has updated the Outlook.com application for Android with a completely new user interface and lot of new features. This is a major update since the launch of the app back in November 2012. The new update bring a simple user interface similar to the Windows 8 and the outlook.com web application. Additionally this update also adds new features including conversation threading, filters for unread and flagged mail, as well as the ability to mark messages as junk. Continue reading “Outlook app for Android updated with new UI and features”

Amazon Android App Store coming to 200 countries including India

Amazon

Amazon has announced that they would expand their App Store for Android to more than 200 countries including India, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, South Africa, South Korea, Papua New Guinea, Vatican City and more. Amazon is asking the international developers to submit their apps through the Amazon Mobile App Distribution Portal, and these apps would be available when the Amazon App Store for Android launches internationally. The Amazon app store for Android was first launched in the U.S back in 2011. The Android app was updated to support ICS devices back in January 2012. It rolled out in UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Japan recently. Continue reading “Amazon Android App Store coming to 200 countries including India”

LinkedIn for Windows Phone updated with Live Tile support, Speech recognition and more

LinkedIn for Windows Phone has been updated to version 1.5 that brings lot of new features including Live Tile support, speech recognition that lets you speak out commands, lock screen support that shows images right on your lock screen and lots more. This update also brings support for 4 new languages. LinkedIn for Windows Phone was first launched back in May 2012. Continue reading “LinkedIn for Windows Phone updated with Live Tile support, Speech recognition and more”

Facebook Home for Android now available for International users

Facebook released the Facebook Home app for Android on the Google Play last Friday, but it was only available in the U.S. Google Play Store.The Facebook Home launcher is now available for International users on select Android devices. It was announced earlier this month, and the HTC First is the first device to come pre-loaded with Facebook Home launcher. Facebook Home has Cover feed that offers photos and updates from your newsfeed, Notifications, Chat Heads, App Launcher to launch Facebook apps and more. Continue reading “Facebook Home for Android now available for International users”

Facebook for iPhone and iPad v6.0 update brings Chat Heads and Stickers

Facebook for iPhone and iPad received the major update to version 6.0. This update brings Chat Heads feature for Messaging that was available for Facebook Messenger for Android last week. You can’t use chat heads outside the Facebook application like Android, but you can use it when you’re doing other stuff on Facebook, like checking your News Feed. This update also brings option to add large stickers to Facebook messages, instead of smileys. Facebook is also rolling out improved News Feed design that was announced last month. Continue reading “Facebook for iPhone and iPad v6.0 update brings Chat Heads and Stickers”

Nokia to offer 3 months free BigFlix subscription with Lumia 520, 620 and 720

BigFlix for Windows Phone

Nokia has announced their partnership with BigFlix, India’s first movie-on-demand service from Reliance Group to offer 3 months free subscription for their recently launched devices Lumia 520, Lumia 620 and the Lumia 720. BigFlix has a huge catalogue of more than 1500 films in more than 6 Indian languages including English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali and more. Continue reading “Nokia to offer 3 months free BigFlix subscription with Lumia 520, 620 and 720”

SetMyCamPro for iPhone and iPad lets you remotely access your DSLR

SetMyCamPro for iPhone and iPad

SetMyCamPro is an app for iPhone and iPad that offers the best settings to capture a perfect photograph by accessing the camera. You need an IR Transmitter to remotely trigger your DSLR (select Canon and Nikon cameras only). It has Field of View (FoV) utility with image stabilization, brightness adjustment and image enhancement features that has been introduced in the latest version 1.1 update last week. It also assists in camera configurations for both Depth of Field (DoF) and minimum shutter speed recommendations. Continue reading “SetMyCamPro for iPhone and iPad lets you remotely access your DSLR”

Basemark X Benchmark Performance on Android devices

Basemark X

Rightware launched the Basemark X, a cross-platform benchmarking tool for Android, iPhone and iPad last week. While the iOS app is still waiting for the approval in the Apple iTunes Store, the Android application is out now. The Basemark X is built on gaming engine Unity 4, which is used in hundreds of mobile games. We managed to run the Basemark 1.0 on several high-end quad-core Android smartphones. Check out the Basemark X 1.0 Game Graphics Performance Test results below.

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